In New York, NASDAQ shares in Abengoa SA plunged 49% in Wednesday trading after the embattled renewable energy developer said it would seek bankruptcy protection as it seeks to reorganize nearly $9.4 billion in debt. The protective filing was announced after an expected infusion of nearly $300 million from Spanish steelmaker Gonvarri did not materialize. […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, edged up 0.32 percent to 53.71 despite an Abengoa bankruptcy protection filing plunge. For the day, Abengoa (ABGB) plummeted 49.89 percent to $2.33, while Renewable Energy Group (REGI) rebounded 5.38 percent to $8.42. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) soared 6.82 percent to […]
From Georgia, we received the news that U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a 25th patent to American Process — this one is a doozy. It covers API’s process for producing a nanocellulose material, as well as many downstream applications using the nanocellulose. The process includes fractionating a biomass feedstock with an acid, a solvent […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, gained 0.89 percent to 53.54 as ethanol equities rose. For the day, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) jumped 5.22 percent to $4.03, while Green Plains (GPRE) soared 8.23 percent to $22.22. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) rebounded 4.18 percent to $2.99. Overall, advances led declines […]
In Switzerland, 11 leading low carbon fuel companies present a comprehensive guide that identifies a variety of available and accessible low carbon fuel solutions. The guide can be downloaded here. Today, only 3% of transportation fuels are low carbon. According to the International Energy Agency, 10% of fuels must be low carbon by 2030 if […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, was flat at 53.07 despite an advanced bio rally. For the day, Global Bioenergies rocketed up 10.66 percent to $33, while Gevo (GEVO) jumped 7.46 percent to $1.44. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) dipped 4.33 percent to $2.87. Overall, declines led advances by […]
Butadiene is beginning to emerge from the Braskem Genomatica collaboration. But could it be that the real significance lies not in progress with butadiene, but in Big Data itself, the harnessing of complex mathematics to make products that are possible, but not currently produced, in Nature. News has arrived from California and Brazil that Braskem and Genomatica […]
Here are the winning Photo Votes for the week in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Amaris (two winning photo votes), REG, Sweetwater Energy and Stora Enso took home the winning bonus votes this week. Voting continues through January 15th, 2016 at 5pm ET. “There’s nothing like a photo vote to help […]
The next Nexant Petro-Bio Training course is being given in Chicago, December 8-10, 2015. It is a briefing on the petrochemical and hydrocarbon sector that bio-based industrial chemicals and fuels seek to replace, juxtaposed with the bio-based sector itself. Last year, Nexant initiated this 50/50 version in San Francisco, attended by a diversity of people from the chemical and energy industry […]
By Matt Carr, Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization, special to The Digest The 2015 conference season is coming to a close and a common theme seems to be that the state of the bioeconomy is one of transition. Speaking for the hundreds of innovating companies in the algae industry: We wouldn’t have it any other […]
